Game-board.



F. L. KEHOE.

GAME BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 29, 1915.

l 14,53 Patented May 23, 1916.

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GAME-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented May 23, 1M6.

Application filed October 29, 1915. Serial No. 58,685.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK LEO Knnon, acitizen of the United States, residing at Point Arena, in the county ofMendocino and State of California, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Game-Boards, of which the following is a specificatlon.

This invention relates to game boards and it consists in the novelfeatures hereinafter described and claimed. a

An object of the invention is to provide a board having paths andpockets provlded thereon and adapted to be used in combination with aball to simulate the plays of the usual game of baseball.

With this object in view the board includes a base panel with boundingstrips extended along the edges and positioned at one side thereof. Thesaid strips are provided at their inner sides with pockets, and thefield between the inner edges of the strips is divided into paths orchannels by spaced blocks mounted upon the su rface of the said panel.The edges of the said strips are bounded by upstanding flanges. A ballis adapted to be used in combination with the said board, and incarrying out the game, the ball is initially positioned at or in theblock which signifies the 'pitchers station. The board is then tilted tocause the ball to roll toward the batters or catchers station, and thenthe board may be tilted in another direction, whereby the ball is causedto roll along the paths or channels toward the in or out field. Piecesare provided in combination with the board and may be positioned at ornear the bases in order to indicate the progress made by base runners.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is a plan view of the board. Fig.2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same cut on the line 22 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the ball. Fig. 4 is a similar view ofone of the pieces.

The board includes a base panel 1, preferably of wood, with strips 2positioned at the edges thereof, and against one side thereof. The outeredges of the strips 2 are bounded by upstanding flanges 3. Oblong blocks4 are mounted upon the surface of the panel 1 between the strips 2. Thesaid blocks are spaced from each other and the blocks at one side of adiagonal line extending from one corner of the panel 4 to the oppositecorner are spaced from the position, and one of the said pockets is inlongitudinal alinement with the path 5. Suitable legends are printed orotherwise applied to the strips 2 adjacent the pockets 8 and theselegends may indicate strikes or a hit as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.The blocks 4 and 6 are those that will be referred to hereinafter as thein-field blocks. Blocks 9 are also mounted upon the upper surface of thepanel 1. The said blocks are oblong in plan and some of them areprovided at their forward ends with pockets 10. The blocks 9 aredisposed beyond the blocks 4 and 6, and are the blocks hereinafterreferred to as the outfield blocks. The outfield blocks are spaced fromeach other and spaced from the infield blocks 4. The forward ends ofsome of the outfield blocks 9 enter the spaces between the adjacentblocks 4 and the outer ends of some of the infield blocks 4 are disposedin the entrances of the pockets 10 of those blocks 9 provided with thesaid pockets. Those of the outfield blocks 9 which are provided with thepockets 10, are also provided with legends as for instance Out and Onebase hit.

The strips 2 which bound the outfield of the board are provided at theirinner edges with pockets 11, and recesses 12. The pockets 11 are widerat their inner ends than at their outer ends and the recesses 12 aresubstantially the same width throughout their length. The said pockets11 and recesses 12 are alternately arranged with relation to each other,that is to say, the recesses occur between the pockets and vice versa.The outer ends of the outfield blocks 9 enter the ends of the pockets 11and the strips 2 provided with the pockets 11 and recesses 12 arefurther provided adjacent the said pockets and recesses with suitablelegends as for instance Out, Home run Three base hit One base hit andTwo base hit The strips 2 are provided in the vicinity of the pointsupon the board indicating first base, second base, and third base withholes 13 in which a piece 14 may be positioned. A ball 15 is adapted tobe used in conjunction with the board hereinbefore described.

To use the board the ball 15 is placed in the recess 7 of the block 6.The board is taken in the hands and is tilted so that the ball 15 maytravel along the path 5 toward the pockets 8. If the ball enters eitherof the pockets 8 adjacent which the legend Strike is positioned, thiscounts against the player and if three strikes are had in threesuccessive tiltings of the board, .the player is out. If, on the otherhand, the ball 15 enters the pocket 8 adjacentwhich the legend Hit isplaced, this indicates that the player is entitled to place a piece 14:in the hole 13 adjacent first base. Should the ball lodge in the pocket8 which bears the legend Hit the board may be tilted in a direction tocause the ball to gravitate out of the said pocket and move along thepatch 5 or through the spaces between the infield blocks 4. If the ball,as it moves toward the blocks 10 enters one of the pockets therein, theplayer is out, or his piece remains at first base according to thelegend adjacent that pocket which is entered by the ball. Should theball pass through one of the spaces between the out field blocks 9 andenter one of the pockets 11 or one of the recesses 12, the advance ofthe piece of the player may be made accordingly. That is to say, if theball enters the Home run recess, the player counts one score. If theball enters Third base recess the piece is advanced to the hole 13adjacent third base. If the ball enters a pocket designated One base hitthe piece is positioned in the hole adjacent first base and iii the ballenters a pocket designated Two base hit the piece is placed in the holeadjacent second base. It will be seen that if pieces occupy any of theholes adjacent first, second or third base,

' these pieces are advanced around the bases and toward home plate as asucceeding piece gains position at either one of the said bases.

From the above description taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawing it will be seen that a board of simple structure is provided andthe same may be easily manipulated to simulate the plays of the usualgame of base ball.

Having described the invention what is claimed is 1. .A game boardcomprising a panel, strips mounted upon the panel and provided at theirinner edges with pockets and recesses, infield blocks arranged in spacedrelation upon the panel between the strips one of the said blocksindicating the pitchers block and being provided with a recess, outfieldblocks also positioned upon the panel, some of the outfield blockshaving pockets, some of the infield blocks having ends entering thepockets of the outfield blocks and the ends of the outfield blocksentering the pockets at the edges of the outfield strips.

2. A game board comprising a panel, strips mounted upon the panel andprovided at their inner edges with pockets and recesses, said stripshaving positions indicative of first, second and third base and providedadjacent said positions with holes, a piece adapted to be positioned inthe holes, a ball adapted to be used in conjunction with the board,infield blocks mounted upon strips which bound the outfield of ,the'

board. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses. FRANK LEO KEHOE. Witnesses:

Venn S. Coon, A. D. Prr'rs.

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